Where do millionaires come from?

Lidia Ryan

Updated 1:33 pm, Friday, May 30, 2014

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Cornell University (Ithica, NY)

The alumni list boasts graduates such as Janet Reno, Christopher Reeve and even Glenn “Pop” Warner. Millionaires that hailed from Cornell include Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins diet, Hotels.com founder David Litman, the CEOs of Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Kraft Foods, Aetna and Verizon among many others. - worthly.com

The alumni list boasts graduates such as Janet Reno, Christopher Reeve and even Glenn “Pop” Warner. Millionaires that hailed from Cornell include Robert Atkins, creator of ... more

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University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

The University of Pennsylvania is one of the nine original Colonial Colleges.
- worthly.com

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

The University of Pennsylvania is one of the nine original Colonial Colleges. - worthly.com

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University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England)

Notable alumni include the likes of Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking, Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Francis Bacon. Some of Cambridge’s current millionaires include Hugh Laurie and Rachel Weisz. - worthly.com

Columbia features alumni such as 5 of the nation’s founding fathers, 43 Nobel Prize laureates, 20 living billionaires and 9 Supreme Court Justices. It’s also produced 28 ... more

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University of California (multiple campuses)

The many campuses at the University of California are ranked among the top 5 and the top 25 in the world. - worthly.com

University of California (multiple campuses)

The many campuses at the University of California are ranked among the top 5 and the top 25 in the world. - worthly.com

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Stanford University (Stanford, CA)

The school produced 30 living billionaires, 17 astronauts and founders of many Fortune 500 companies. - worthly.com

Stanford University (Stanford, CA)

The school produced 30 living billionaires, 17 astronauts and founders of many Fortune 500 companies. - worthly.com

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Where do millionaires come from?

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Does it matter where your degree is from as long as you get a good education? If you want to be a millionaire - then yes.

According to worthly.com, there are 10 universities that produce the highest number of millionaires, and most of them are in New York, California, Massachusetts or England. While the list is not shocking, it may surprise you that many Ivy league schools did not make the cut.